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June 15, 2016, 4:45 am

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A drug dealer was caught throwing heroin out of his vehicle before he crashed into police cars, a court heard.Usman Patel was found to have disposed of several wraps of the class A drug, which were recovered from the roadside.He pleaded guilty at Leicester Crown Court to driving a Ford Focus dangerously on Coleman Road, Ambassador Road and Thomasson Road, in the Crown Hills area of the city, on December 3 last year.Read more: Respectable married couple drunkenly attacked pub customer - court...

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Police seize cannabis plants during raid on village home

June 15, 2016, 5:41 am

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Police seized a number of cannabis plants from a village home this morning. Officers carried out the raid on the house in Bradgate Road, Anstey. In a statement, Leicestershire Police said: "A drugs warrant was executed at a property this morning and a small quantity of plants, believed to be cannabis, were recovered."No arrests have been made and inquires are ongoing."

Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court

June 15, 2016, 6:35 am

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Recent cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court include a jail sentence for a 31-year-old after a long episode of violence.Callum Mark Vickers (19), of Limber Crescent, Braunstone, Leicester, pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle without third-party insurance in Meridian East, Leicester, on February 17.He was fined £120, with a £20 victim surcharge and £40 costs and disqualified from driving for six months.He also admitted a similar offence committed in Bendbow Rise, Braunstone, on...

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June 15, 2016, 8:07 am

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The man who groomed Kayleigh Haywood admitted he did the same to two other 15-year-old girls, a jury has heard.Before the trial of Stephen Beadman and Luke Harlow began, Harlow admitted sexual activity with Kayleigh, and grooming her online, while Beadman admitted the rape and murder of the Measham teenager.During the hearing at Nottingham Crown Court, prosecutor Miranda Moore told the jury about previously unreported charges that Harlow pleaded guilty to after 15-year-old Kayleigh's death.He...

Leicester City fan in coma after attack by Russian 'ultra' at...

June 15, 2016, 9:39 am

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A Leicester City fan is in a coma after he was attacked by a Russian thug as he made his way to watch England's first match in the Euro 2016 tournament.Stewart Gray, who is understood to be from the Hinckley area, was hit on the back of the head by someone wielding a hammer or a metal bar in Marseille on Saturday.He was taken to a hospital in the southern French city, but has so far failed to regain consciousness.One of his brothers is thought to be at his bedside.A friend told the Leicester...

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June 16, 2016, 2:00 am

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Stephen Beadman has gone on trial for the false imprisonment of 15-year-old Kayleigh Haywood of Measham. The 29-year-old defendant, of George Avenue, Ibstock, has already admitted raping and murdering the teenager. His next-door neighbour Luke Harlow, (27) has also pleaded not guilty to falsely imprisoning Kayleigh in the hours before her murder in November last year. He has admitted grooming Kayleigh online and two counts of sexual activity with her. He has also admitted two counts of...

Drug driver given fine and 12-month ban

June 16, 2016, 4:33 am

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A driver who was stopped by the police for using his mobile phone at the wheel of a van was found to have consumed cannabis and cocaine. Louis Perkins, 30, was banned at court from driving for 12 months and fined £500 with £450 costs. He pleaded guilty to driving when under the influence of both class A and B drugs. Perkins also admitted possessing a small amount of cannabis as well as driving without a licence or insurance. He accepted the offences put him in breach of a...

Family fears for walker, 66, who went missing in Spain a week ago

June 16, 2016, 9:28 am

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Fears are growing for an experienced walker who went missing a week ago while trekking alone through Spain.The last confirmed sighting of David Oldman, 66, was last Thursday when he left his overnight lodgings and headed back out on the road.Mr Oldman's family in Leicester say they are desperate for news of him and have made a series of pleas on social media for help finding him.The former Leicester city councillor is on a 1,400 mile trek from London to Gibraltar.His family say he is an...

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June 16, 2016, 9:54 am

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The man who raped and murdered 15-year-old Kayleigh Haywood has claimed they were kissing together earlier in the evening.Stephen Beadman (29) of George Avenue, Ibstock, said he first met Kayleigh on November 14 at his neighbour Luke Harlow's house.In an interview with police after his arrest, read during today's hearing at Nottingham Crown Court, Beadman described Kayleigh's state of drunkenness that night.He said: "She wasn't fully compos mentis. She was that drunk I couldn't get much...

Kayleigh Haywood - Friday trial recap

June 17, 2016, 1:24 am

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Stephen Beadman has gone on trial for the false imprisonment of 15-year-old Kayleigh Haywood of Measham. The 29-year-old defendant, of George Avenue, Ibstock, has already admitted raping and murdering the teenager. His next-door neighbour Luke Harlow, (27) has also pleaded not guilty to falsely imprisoning Kayleigh in the hours before her murder in November last year. He has admitted grooming Kayleigh online and two counts of sexual activity with her. Kayleigh's body was found at the side...

Man who stalked and spied on his former partner is jailed

June 17, 2016, 4:12 am

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An obsessed man stalked and spied on his former partner, who discovered a ladder propped against her bedroom window, a court heard. Darren Pick (51) left her depressed and in fear after jealously threatening: "If I ever catch you with another man, I'll kill you and him." The victim was said to have retaliated by posting indecent images on Pick's Facebook page, of a pornographic home movie they had made together in happier times. Leicester Crown Court was told the publishing of...

Law student charged with assault

June 17, 2016, 5:04 am

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A law student was given a "first hand insight into the legal system" when she appeared in court charged with assault. Marium Vaidya (24) was ordered to pay £800 in fines and costs for repeatedly striking a woman on the head in a city centre pub. Vaidya, of Bayberry Avenue, Eyres Monsell, pleaded guilty to common assault,at the Marz Bar, in Belvoir Street, in the early hours of February 28 last year. Kate Plummer, prosecuting, told Leicester Crown Court that a friend of...

Vigil for MP Jo Cox to be held at Leicester Clock Tower

June 17, 2016, 5:27 am

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People are being invited to join a vigil for MP Jo Cox at Leicester's Clock Tower this evening. The event is due to begin at the city landmark at 5pm and to bring candles, banners and flowers with them. The 41-year-old Labour MP was shot and stabbed in the street while holding her regular constituency surgery in Birstall, West Yorkshire yesterday. She died later in hospital. Her attacker is reported to have shouted "put Britain first" at least twice. A 52-year-old man has been...

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June 17, 2016, 6:49 am

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A pensioner who was told he might die in prison after he was jailed for a string of horrific sex offences has failed in a bid for a cut in his sentence.David Atkins, 77, abused the 11-year-old girl after befriending her while living in Leicester more than 40 years ago.He claimed the allegations were made up, but was convicted of four indecent assaults and another serious sex attack.He was jailed for 11 years at Leicester Crown Court in April last year.Yesterday, his case was back in court as his...

Fugitive murder suspect arrested in Luxembourg, police confirm

June 17, 2016, 8:04 am

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A fugitive wanted by police over the murder of a man and the suspected murder of his missing wife was arrested in Luxembourg last night. Fork-lift truck driver Ali Qazimaj, 42, had been on the run since Peter Stuart, 75, was found stabbed to death near his home at Weybread, Suffolk, on June 3. His wife Sylvia, 69, has not been since and officers wanted to speak to Qazimaj about her whereabouts. However, police now believe Mrs Stuart is also dead. A 61-year-old man from Leicestershire was...

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June 17, 2016, 9:14 am

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A man who subjected a woman to a vicious sexual assault before leaving her for dead has been given a life sentence. Vijay Singh (43), of Oxford Street, Leicester, was found guilty of attempted murder and serious sexual assault following an eight day trial in May. He carried out the attack at a premises in King Street, Leicester city centre, on the night of Friday, June 5, last year. Singh left the victim with multiple serious injuries which were so horrific she spent a...

Fund for Leicester City fan attacked at Euro 2016 nears...

June 17, 2016, 12:01 pm

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Friends and well-wishers have donated more than £19,500 to a fund for a Leicester City fan who was attacked by a Russian thug at the Euro 2016 tournament. The online appeal was launched after news emerged that Stewart Gray was in a coma after a Russian 'ultra' hit him on the head with a metal bar or a hammer. The attack, reported in the Leicester Mercury earlier this week, happened in Marseilles last Saturday as Mr Gray, who is thought to be from Hinckley, was walking to the England...

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June 17, 2016, 1:01 pm

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Police are searching for a thug who they believe has carried out a series of robberies in the same neighbourhood, knocking some of his victims unconscious. The man targeted two men in the West End area of Leicester earlier this month. Officers released details of the attacks today and said they were not ruling out the possibility they were linked to two similar incidents in the same area last month. Victims have not been able to provide a description of the attacker because of the sudden...

Burglars scour streets for open windows in warm weather, police...

June 19, 2016, 1:51 am

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Police have urged residents to help them prevent a seasonal rise in burglaries by ensuring they keep their homes secure when the weather is warm.Leicestershire Police said burglars take advantage of rising temperatures and muggy atmospheres when people leave windows and doors open to ventilate their homes.Some scour neighbourhoods for insecure houses and nip into those with open doors or windows to steal the contents, typically small, portable items such as laptop computers and mobile...

City centre bar wins right to serve alcohol until 4am

June 19, 2016, 2:10 am

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A city centre bar owner has won the right to open longer despite objections by the police. However, the owner of Harvey's Bar, in Belvoir Street, was not granted his wish of being allowed to open until 6am at weekends. Instead a panel of city councillors allowed the bar to serve alcohol until 4am on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Until now, the bar's licence allowed it to serve alcohol until 2am. Police had asked the city council to block the 6am application because it would stretch...